Published and promoted by Martin Francis on behalf of Brent Green Party and its local council candidates c/o 23 Saltcroft Close, Wembley, HA9 9JJ

10 Apr 2016

Peter Murry is standing in Klburn by-election

Peter Murry will be standing
in this Council by-election caused by the death of a Labour councillor.

PETER
MURRY has been a Brent resident for over twenty years and during many of these
he worked in Kilburn as a lecturer at the College of North West London. He
worked for the College in Harlesden, Kilburn and South Kilburn, where he taught
on Access and Information Technology courses.

He
was an active Trade Unionist in the Universities & Colleges Union (UCU) and
is currently the Green Party’s London Trade Union Liaison Officer.

He
took early retirement from the College in 2006 for ill health reasons, partly
because he suffers from arthritis, which has meant that he has been disabled
for almost a decade. This has given him first hand experienced of the problems that
disabled people are forced to cope with, especially those faced by people with
impaired mobility in using public transport and gaining access to some
buildings.

He
is also an artist and member of Brent Artists’ Resource.

The
key points that he is campaigning on are

·A
cleaner greener Kilburn

·No
more council cuts

·Defend
trade union rights

·Campaign
against climate change

He
thinks that the environment and quality of life in London in general, and Brent
in particular, need many improvements. More housing at prices that people with
average and low incomes can really afford is urgently needed and Brent council
should be working to provide this.
Its “regeneration” schemes, such as the one on the South Kilburn estate, should
produce homes for people not business opportunities for property profiteers.

It
should also take whatever steps it can to drastically reduce the air pollution that
causes huge health problems in Kilburn.

As
an Eco-socialist, Pete believes that ecological damage and the free market
economic policies of British governments are the basic causes of problems such
as these. These are not problems caused by local government, or the people of
Kilburn, but they have to deal with the consequences.

Attacks
on Trade Union rights, such as those currently planned by the government, just
make workers into scapegoats for government mistakes.

Climate
change needs to be stopped and the quality of life needs to be improved; even local
councils can do their bit, instead of just making life worse by cutting services.

Brent
Council needs an opposition voice. This is a task that the Green Party can do
for the people of Kilburn.

NB: Articles citing the Green Party or its candidates are published by Peter Murry pp Martin Francis, Brent and Harrow Green Party Election Agent, on behalf of Jafar Hasan, Shahrar Ali, Brent Green Party and Harrow Green Party all c/o Brent Green Party 23 Saltcroft Close, Wembley, Middlesex, HA9 9JJ Also Peter Murry, Green candidate for Kilburn council by-election c/o same address.